Middle school art installation

Grandview Elementary School students and families recently participated in a family engagement night titled “Growing Our Minds at Grandview.”

Relief sculpture is an art form that is midway between painting and sculpture in the round. It is a process in which the subject stands out or projects a surface from the background. The surface can be several levels including high relief (deep or almost in the round) or low relief (shallow) or anywhere in between. To create their relief sculptures, seventh graders first learned about the difference between shape and form. A shape is two-dimensional (it has height and width) whereas a form…

I think we've all done the classic Giacometti project where students create a wire armature in some sort of pose. We do these projects because a.) there a good stand-by that we know work and b.) because we understand the importance of the lesson! If you're like me, however, you get a little tired of the same old projects and want a good way to keep the lesson intact but boost the complexity a little bit. Here's what I did to try and re-invent the wheel... I started with the classic…

8th grade students all painted a puzzle piece for this mural. Last project in middle school art.

The hallways of Pleasant Grove High School are teeming with organisms growing up the wall-Alice fervently seeking the Mad Hatter and shape-filled drawings of a young girl's views on dealing with life's stresses.

SMMS Studio Art on Instagram: "One last day of constructing the foundations for our Chihuly Venetians! I’m loving the creative use of recycled materials😊 #middleschoolartteacher #middleschoolart #artteachersofinstagram #arteducation"

Youth librarian involves teens in artistic projects

Students walk past the state flower and might not even realize what it is, but the Bear and Bees art installation project by Meadow Hill Middle School sixth-graders connected students

Fast, efficient, and effective. Portable art display panels organize a middle school art show with ease. Tack, pin or staple artwork to art display walls.

Jen Stark collaborative mural I made with my 5th grade students! - Wood Dale, IL #artteacher #collaorativemural #mural #jenstark #drips #collaborate

This is one of my favorite projects to do with Middle School students Materials Needed: 18 Gauge Wire (cut 3 pieces total--2 pieces=18 inches, 1 piece=22 inches) Tape Newspaper Plaster Gauze Black, Green, and Teal acrylic paint Silver, Gold, and Bronze metallic acrylic paint Base- can be wooden, or I have used plastic lids before as well To do this project I first have the students re-visit a lesson on proportion. We use the wooden mannequins to help the students draw out their design. We…